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Why is Northern Ireland transport not represented on this map? Otherwise the title should be 'Map of rail station usage in England, Scotland and Wales"
by ni_startups 11y ago
Why is Northern Ireland transport not represented on this map? Otherwise the title should be 'Map of rail station usage in England, Scotland and Wales"
- Symbiote 11y agoNorthern Ireland's railways are managed by a different government agency to Great Britain's, so the statistics are not included. I'd say Great Britain, but I guess you can out-pedant me with that, since Angelsey, the Isle of Wight etc have railways. http://www.translink.co.uk/Services/NI-Railways/ http://www.translink.co.uk/Services/NI-Railways/ (I think, though I've never been to NI) http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/ http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
- lmm 11y agoGreat Britain is correct, no? If one were referring to the island one would just say Britain.
- Two9A 11y agoGreat Britain is the name of the island, as distinct from the other Britain (Brittany, France) which is slightly smaller in area. No-one ever refers to Brittany as Britain, but the anachronism remains.
- seren 11y agoOn that matter, I realized recently that both Brittany and Great Britain have an area called Cornwall or Cornouaille in French which makes the matter more confusing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornouaille https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornouaille
- elthran 11y agoAgreed, title is (if slightly pedantically) inaccurate - although I'd recommend "Usage in Great Britain"
- lumisota 11y agoStatistics available from: https://www.drdni.gov.uk/articles/northern-ireland-road-and-rail-transport-statistics https://www.drdni.gov.uk/articles/northern-ireland-road-and-...